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pinboy3niner

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12. And yet our local movie theater tragedy was hardly even noticed

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:24 PM

Jul 2012

Published March 09, 2010
AP

Man Stabbed With Meat Thermometer in California Movie Theater

LANCASTER, Calif. – Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.

Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the stabbing happened Feb. 27 during a screening of the Martin Scorsese film in Lancaster. He says the two suspects remain at large.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/09/man-stabbed-meat-thermometer-california-movie-theater/

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Shooting in CO--and even here we allow that to distract us [View all] pinboy3niner Jul 2012 OP

Distract us from what? KurtNYC Jul 2012 #1

I've been afraid to write it JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #2

Not distraction BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #3

Aren't discussions on gun policy retricted to the gungeon? Kaleva Jul 2012 #8

I think spending a day on such a horrific event is not unusual--even the POTUS (and ROmney) have hlthe2b Jul 2012 #4

No,not unusual at all pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #5

As we've seen with the Giffords Tucson tragedy, that is likely to be the case. hlthe2b Jul 2012 #6

Bafflement seems to be our lot... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7

Well, holy fucking shit, dude. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #9

How many threads does it normally take to do news & updates? pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #10

Because it's upsetting. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #11

And yet our local movie theater tragedy was hardly even noticed pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #12

That's really poor argumentation. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #16

You raise good questions... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #19

"Waaah! People are discussing something other than what I want!" (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #18

Touch� pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #20

I have no problem with the story receiving a lot of coverage, senseandsensibility Jul 2012 #13

That's where we agree pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #14

Pinboy, I think this story holds such morbid fascination in part because of its coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #15

Yes and no pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #17